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55 days to elections: Parties can access voter ‘data’ for Rs 10,000, but sensitive details withheld
However, sensitive details such as voters’ dates of birth, citizenship numbers, and mobile numbers remain strictly confidential.
Jan 09, 2026
Chair Oli issues first intra-party circular after 11th ...
Chair Oli issues first intra-party circular after 11th ...
Jan 09, 2026
Three ministers get additional portfolios
Three ministers get additional portfolios
Jan 09, 2026
NC calls for boycott of ‘statute-violating special ge...
NC calls for boycott of ‘statute-violating special ge...
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Tourism minister 'sorry' for flight delay
Tourism minister 'sorry' for flight delay
KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai has said sorry to Budhha Air passengers after he found himself at the receiving end of widespread public anger for causing a flight delay on Saturday.
Sep 16, 2019
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Belt and Road Initiative is not a military alliance: Dahal (with video)
Belt and Road Initiative is not a military alliance: Dahal (...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Co-chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is purely an economic cooperation initiative, not a military alliance.
Sep 15, 2019
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Main opposition NC obstructs House over Banke incident
Main opposition NC obstructs House over Banke incident
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The main opposition party Nepali Congress obstructed house proceedings in the House of Representatives on Sunday protesting an attack on its party members including Banke President Kiran Koirala last week.
Sep 15, 2019
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Citizenship Bill hits roadblock as NC objects to threshold period
Citizenship Bill hits roadblock as NC objects to threshold p...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The government’s push for the Citizenship Bill requiring foreign women marrying Nepali nationals to wait for seven years to acquire citizenship hit a major roadblock on Saturday when the opposition parties objected to the threshold provision for naturalization of foreign brides.
Sep 15, 2019
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Dahal urges cadres in Oli’s home district to accept him as party leader
Dahal urges cadres in Oli’s home district to accept him as p...
DAMAK, Jhapa, Sept 15: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, addressing a gathering in the home district of Prime Minister KP Oli, who is also a co-chair of the party, has sought party members’ support to lead the newly-unified party single-handedly in the coming days.
Sep 15, 2019
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Chinese Prez Xi will inaugurate tunnel connecting Keirung, says DPM Pokharel
Chinese Prez Xi will inaugurate tunnel connecting Keirung, s...
KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Days after China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi returned home, China, holding a series of meetings in Kathmandu with Nepalese leaders including the head of state, a senior minister of the KP Oli government has announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit...
Sep 15, 2019
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House panel fails to make headway on Citizenship Bill yet again
House panel fails to make headway on Citizenship Bill yet ag...
KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The meeting of Parliamentary Committee on State Affairs and Good Governance which was held on Saturday to finalize the issues of marital naturalized citizenship ended inconclusively as the main opposition party Nepali Congress presented a written note of dissent.
Sep 14, 2019
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NC urges government to punish guilty of Banke incident
NC urges government to punish guilty of Banke incident
KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) has staged a demonstration in the capital on Saturday urging the government to punish those involved in attacking its Banke district President Kiran Koirala and dozen others leaders and cadres.
Sep 14, 2019
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Dahal declares communist rule in country for next 50 years
Dahal declares communist rule in country for next 50 years
JHAPA, Sept 14: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chair and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said people's faith and trust on the Communist movement is further deepening and a Communist government will lead the country for the next 50 years.
Sep 14, 2019
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Panel set to include 7-year threshold for naturalization of foreign brides
Panel set to include 7-year threshold for naturalization of...
KATHMANDU, Sept 14: With the government’s backing, a proposal of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to provision a seven-year waiting period for naturalization of a foreign woman marrying a Nepali man, the State Affairs Committee (SAC) of the parliament is set to finalize the Citizenship Amendme...
Sep 14, 2019